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Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal greets BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha during the fourth day of her hungerstrike at Rajghat in New Delhi on Monday, demanding stringent laws against rapists. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Swati Maliwal ends fast; terms ordinance a 'historic' victory

DCW chief had been demanding death penalty for rape of minors and setting up of fast-track courts to try rape cases and...

22 April 2018 4:39 PM IST

Protest held over Unnao and Kathua rape cases at Carter Rd in Mumbais Bandra. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Amid nationwide uproar, cabinet to bring in death penalty for child...

Rape in Kathua and Unnao have provoked unmatched displays of public anger since 2012 gangrape murder of Delhi woman.

21 April 2018 9:23 AM IST

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Bill on death to child rapists gets nod

The bill stipulates stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape, particularly of girls below 12 years.

31 July 2018 1:36 AM IST

Juvenile convicts can't get death penalty for every rape, murder: SC...

Justice Madan B Lokur, chairman of SC Juvenile Justice Committee, said judgement in such cases had to be delivered on...

23 July 2018 1:36 PM IST

19-year-old has been ordered death penalty for raping seven-month-old baby in Rajasthan in 2018. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Rajasthan: 19-yr-old gets death penalty for raping 7-month-old under...

Public prosecutor said that the case was fast-tracked and trial was completed after 13 hearings.

21 July 2018 6:19 PM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Bill on death for raping children below 12 to be presented soon:...

The decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar...

18 July 2018 7:44 PM IST

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Supreme Court reconfirms death penalty in Coimbatore rape and murder...

'In view of the majority judgement, the review petition stands dismissed in its entirety,' the bench said.

7 Nov 2019 11:20 AM IST

Nirbhayas mother Asha Devi outside the court on Wednesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

A letter to Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya'

In the Indian Penal Code, the punishment for rape is now 10 years of imprisonment, even as it is a criminal offence and...

20 Dec 2019 5:52 AM IST

In high treason case, ex-Pak Prez Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death

He was one of the Pakistan's longest-serving rulers. He served as the President from 2001 to 2008.

17 Dec 2019 12:43 PM IST

Sunetra Choudhury

Don't believe in death penalty, even for Nirbhaya rapists'

The death penalty has no place in a civilised society. A civilised society does not exact revenge on a convict, says...

15 Dec 2019 6:44 AM IST

The sheer inhumanity of the bestial acts has shaken the nation, much as the Nirbhaya incident did in 2012.

Life is going short, why death penalty: Nirbhaya convict files review...

The apex court, on July 9, 2018, had dismissed the review pleas filed by three other convicts in the case.

10 Dec 2019 7:25 PM IST

The horror stories of sedation, gangrape, torture and murder of inmates of a childrens home in Bihars Muzaffarpur cast light on a ghastly incident that is searing the national conscience. (Representational image)

Lawyer questions death for rapist

The trio was sentenced to death by sessions court for committing two gang rapes at Shakti Mill compound.

23 Feb 2019 2:49 AM IST